political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws think michigan rick snyder and farm programs you would not hear that party again in our political history there's a tiny splinter group of course the blues you can do these things if you texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas their number is negligible and they are stupid. as barlow told me republicans used to care about helping poor people. the republican party through reagan and the first president bush. didn't want to abolish the welfare state they also believe that if you were going to spend money you had to raise the taxes to pay for every republican until george w. bush was willing to support tax increases to pay for government and rush limbaugh's republican party of today is tragically i mean we really need two parties in a dynamic debate between and tragically is no place for same people like bruce bartlett who still believes in democracy and who doesn't think that america is best governed by a plutocracy or the so called job creators somehow or o